Reader Q.: “Hi Eric, I know yo…
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Reader Q.: “Hi Eric, I know you’ve been busy and I’m so sorry for your loss. I was just wondering if you planned on reviewing ‘Soul Men’.”
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You stay classy, Joe Scarborough
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Clips of people accidentally saying naughty words on live television are a common theme on YouTube. But here’s one from a couple days ago that’s extra-noteworthy. It’s Joe Scarborough dropping the F-bomb on his MSNBC program “Morning Joe.” (The clip is uncensored. Do not listen to it if you don’t want to hear the F-word.)
It’s funny first of all because, like Ron Burgundy before him, he doesn’t even realize he said it. He has no idea that anything is wrong. It’s also funny because Joe Scarborough looks like Bill Pullman.
But then it’s also a little bit like rai-ai-ain on your wedding day because as it happens, Scarborough has been one of the main proponents of heavy FCC fines for exactly this type of slip. This Salon article (which also uses the F-word once) quotes him railing against the FCC for letting Bono go unpunished when he dropped the F-bomb during an awards show. He also spent several minutes ridiculing Barbra Streisand for using the word in a concert. Scarborough went so far as to say that he, personally, never uses such language. [Whoops, I misread that. See my correction in the comments.]
It’s a good thing the FCC only has jurisdiction over broadcast networks and not cable. If Scarborough’s show were on broadcast TV, then by his own reasoning he’d have to be in favor of the FCC fining him. OH SNAP!
